Amazon One is Coming to All Whole Foods Stores
By Joel R. McConvey Never mind cashless payments: Whole Foods customers who sign up for Amazon Web Service’s palm payment system can leave their cards…
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ChatGPT Facial Recognition Potential Makes OpenAI Nervous
By Masha Borak ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered large language model, can analyze images, including recognizing and describing people’s faces. But OpenAI, the company behind the…
Millions in Biometric Data Privacy Lawsuit Settlements Continue to Pile Up
By Jim Nash It’s another busy day for biometric privacy plaintiffs in the U.S. state of Illinois. A regional grocery chain and Instagram both have…
Scottish Police Reprimanded for Illegally Storing Biometrics
By Joel R. McConvey The Scottish Police Authority (SPA)’s Policing Performance Committee met in June to discuss assurance reviews from the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, which…
Philippines Unveils New CCTV System Command Center, Plans Facial Recognition Procurement
By Ayang Macdonald A massive video surveillance communications and command center with more than 400 high-definition CCTV cameras has gone operational in Pasig City, a…
Ethiopia to Make Digital ID Mandatory for Banking Operations
By Chris Burt The use of Ethiopia’s national digital ID, Fayda, for all transactions with financial institutions will soon be mandatory. According to an announcement…
Portland Goes Full China: Store Requires Looking at Camera to Enter
By Mike Campbell A convenience store in Portland, Oregon has implemented a digital face scan system that requires customers look at a camera before they…
AI: Why Installing “Robot Judges” in Courtrooms is a Really Bad Idea
By Rónán Kennedy, University of Galway Science fiction’s visions of the future include many versions of artificial intelligence (AI), but relatively few examples where software…
EU Police Biometric Databases Will Grow With New Data Exchange Policy, Says Rights Group
By Masha Borak The European Union’s new law on exchanging data between national law enforcement authorities is set to increase the amount of data being…
Use of Face Biometrics Sharply Criticized in Two US Criminal Cases
By Bianca Gonzalez Kylese Perryman, 21, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against two police agencies in the U.S. state of Minnesota following his…
FBI’s Iris Biometrics Repository Reaches 2.5 Million With Tech From Iris ID
By Bianca Gonzalez According to a company statement from Iris ID, the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) Iris Service now has roughly 2.5 million identities…
Even Accurate and Unbiased Facial Recognition Brings Privacy, Cost Harms, Groups Say
By Chris Burt Demands to halt facial recognition use in Canada, at least pending further study and legislation, are not being met, or at least…
Morocco will Introduce Digital IDs into Health Services
By Masha Borak Moroccans will soon be able to use their digital identity for accessing health services after government representatives signed an agreement that allows…
Obama Suggests Digital Fingerprints For Internet Access
Obama advanced the cause of Technocracy more than any other president. It was Obama who severed the US control of The Internet Corporation for Assigned…